It's A Real Mystery | Mystery x Reader (Doll Eye Fanfiction)

Chapter 6

(aagsvh sorry this took so long again but HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THIS FUCKING ART OF MYSTERY MY FRIEND MADE JESUS CHRIST IT IS BEAUTIFUL. art is not mine)

tw bugs

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The whole night for you had been a quiet one, strangely. There was hardly a speck of noise or even the crawling of a bug inside your bed, and you were honestly pretty thankful. The last thing you'd want to wake up to is a centipede smothering your face.

And soon enough, you could feel the bright, golden yellow sun shining down on you from the cracks of the window. You groaned, your face reflectively scrunching up before your eyes blinked open. You look around; you were still in the same room as before, the sun providing much more light for you to make out even the faintest of details now, like the cobwebs that stuck to the corner and the little doodles of Moisty taped to the wall.

Then your nose twitched. A familiar, sickly sweet aroma rafted through the air... were those, pancakes?

You sit up, giving the air another quick whiff. You can even smell the maple syrup and whipped cream that coated the top, and eventually, you could make out the sound of footsteps approaching the door.

Footsteps? you think, and almost immediately, all of the memories of Mystery came flooding back. And you thought about the questions that you wanted to ask him; why was he here? What left him in the state that he's currently in? Why did he speak in the third person? And—

Just then, the door swung open. You look up to see Mystery standing in the doorway, carrying a plate of flapjacks topped with syrup, cream, and sprinkles.

"Good morning, Y/N!~" his raspy voice trilled as he skipped over to you, mindful to not spill the food. "I made breakfast!"

Your gaze turns to the plate before you, your mouth watering at the irresistible smell. He holds out a fork for you to take, and you cautiously accept. Was it okay to take food from strangers? What if he had poisoned it? Well, your brain seemed to have gotten the idea; that being eating up as if it were your last meal. It had been a definite while since you had eaten last.

Mystery giggled, his tail swishing from side to side. "Now eat up, we've got a big day ahead of us, friend!~"

"Mmgh?" the mumbled through a mouthful of flat cakes, almost wanting to ask what before he stood.

"Oh, Mystery isn't sure if he had showed you the rest of his hospital, correct?"

You swallow, shaking your head. You hadn't been here long enough to see the ins and outs of this place, and to be honest, you weren't sure if you really wanted to. You recall back to last night, remembering that you had promised to stay over a night, and only the night. But then... another pang of guilt shot through your chest. God, this poor man had probably been stuck in this place for years, slowly decaying along with the debris and waste that resided here. Who knew long it had been since he's seen another humthro? You just couldn't bring yourself to abandon him now.

You wanted to give him another chance.

"Could you show me?" you nervously ask, and Mystery's eyes seemed to have lit with pure elation. It was so genuine that you could practically feel that happiness resonating from around him. And it made your lips perk up into a smile.

"Oh, absolutely! Whenever you're ready, Mystery will be out waiting for you, sweet!~" he suddenly wraps your arm into an embrace before turning around to leave.

And just as he's halfway out the door, you bite into something crunchy.

Crunchy... ?

You look down, and notice there's a cockroach in your food.

You immediately splutter and almost throw the plate to the ground, but it was only a miracle that it hadn't smashed to pieces. You cough and hack the remainders of the bug from your throat, jumping back to your feet which, surprisingly, had regained their strength from that temporary pain you felt from your wake.

You almost wanted to question if Mystery had put that roach in your food on purpose... but you soon shake your mind of the situation. It had probably just crawled into the plate without your knowledge; you couldn't blame him for that.

Sighing, you soon take a step out into the hallway, greeted by the never ending smile etched onto Mystery's face.

"Ready to go?"

Wiping your mouth, you nod and take a step forward, the door closing behind you.

"Y.. Yeah. Let's go," you smile.